EXHIBIT 5. EXPORTS (F.A.S. VALUE), IMPORTS (CUSTOMS AND C.I.F.
VALUES) AND MERCHANDISE TRADE BALANCE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AND NOT
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: February 1999 TO February 2000
In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustment and rounding. (R) - Revised.
Trade Balance
Period Customs C.I.F.
Seasonally Adjusted
1999
Jan.- Dec. -330,078.2 -364,913.7
Jan.- Feb. -46,192.5 -51,429.2
January -22,285.1 -24,879.3
February -23,907.4 -26,549.8
March -24,476.2 -27,095.2
April -24,128.9 -26,784.9
May -26,603.2 -29,348.0
June -29,760.6 -32,743.2
July -30,252.7 -33,249.8
August -28,868.7 -31,958.7
September -28,259.5 -31,374.2
October -30,461.2 -33,573.0
November -31,271.9 -34,406.4
December -29,802.9 -32,951.1
2000
Jan.- Feb. -66,397.6 -72,675.9
January (R) -32,453.3 -35,583.8
February -33,944.3 -37,092.1
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1999
Jan.- Dec. -330,078.2 -364,913.7
Jan.- Feb. -40,141.0 -44,998.5
January -19,475.1 -21,887.3
February -20,665.8 -23,111.2
March -23,704.1 -26,449.2
April -22,701.5 -25,355.8
May -24,284.1 -26,988.3
June -29,797.4 -32,819.4
July -33,511.9 -36,544.4
August -32,254.7 -35,432.0
September -30,974.6 -34,148.5
October -32,117.5 -35,354.3
November -33,046.6 -36,229.6
December -27,544.9 -30,593.7
2000
Jan.- Feb. -61,158.0 -67,110.6
January (R) -30,146.8 -33,084.1
February -31,011.2 -34,026.5
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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Exports
Period F.a.s. value
Seasonally Adjusted
1999
Jan.- Dec. 695,213.5
Jan.- Feb. 111,842.5
January 56,121.2
February 55,721.3
March 55,268.7
April 56,168.1
May 56,168.6
June 56,578.2
July 56,827.3
August 59,899.7
September 59,987.8
October 59,732.1
November 59,860.0
December 62,880.4
2000
Jan.- Feb. 123,076.1
January (R) 61,722.3
February 61,353.9
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1999
Jan.- Dec. 695,213.5
Jan.- Feb. 105,825.8
January 52,382.9
February 53,442.9
March 60,622.3
April 57,250.0
May 56,589.4
June 57,953.0
July 53,079.6
August 57,521.6
September 59,244.0
October 62,305.5
November 60,913.1
December 63,909.2
2000
Jan.- Feb. 117,974.4
January (R) 57,221.1
February 60,753.2
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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Imports
Period Customs value C.i.f. value
Seasonally Adjusted
1999
Jan.- Dec. 1,025,291.7 1,060,127.2
Jan.- Feb. 158,035.0 163,271.7
January 78,406.2 81,000.5
February 79,628.7 82,271.2
March 79,744.9 82,363.9
April 80,297.0 82,953.0
May 82,771.8 85,516.6
June 86,338.8 89,321.5
July 87,080.0 90,077.0
August 88,768.4 91,858.4
September 88,247.3 91,362.0
October 90,193.3 93,305.1
November 91,131.9 94,266.4
December 92,683.3 95,831.5
2000
Jan.- Feb. 189,473.7 195,752.0
January (R) 94,175.5 97,306.1
February 95,298.2 98,446.0
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1999
Jan.- Dec. 1,025,291.7 1,060,127.2
Jan.- Feb. 145,966.8 150,824.3
January 71,858.0 74,270.2
February 74,108.7 76,554.1
March 84,326.3 87,071.4
April 79,951.6 82,605.9
May 80,873.4 83,577.7
June 87,750.4 90,772.3
July 86,591.5 89,624.0
August 89,776.4 92,953.6
September 90,218.7 93,392.5
October 94,423.0 97,659.8
November 93,959.7 97,142.7
December 91,454.1 94,502.9
2000
Jan.- Feb. 179,132.4 185,085.0
January (R) 87,368.0 90,305.2
February 91,764.4 94,779.7
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see
record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."